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as the train sped along past the white church spires of various new england greens, the afternoon sun began falling toward the west and the temperature began dropping as well. they held towns of western massachusetts, of which skinnerville was one, were known for the long winters, and the year 1874 had been no exception. it had snowed for days at the end of april, with heavy storms paralyzing the countryside, and they were still still on the ground in patches. at for the moment, and that some streetcar, skinner was miles or any lingering wintry weather. outside the sky was clear. the tracks were clear, and he was rapidly winding down one of the most rewarding business trips he'd ever had. skinner had just been hailed as a pioneer in his field. his speech at the bank would have been so successful it was highlighted in the papers. and his industry was considered by some to be one of the most exciting in america. furthermore, his store downtown was filled with activity. it is hard a new salesman, a strapping young man named fred warner, and he was getting ready to expand his business aga
as the train sped along past the white church spires of various new england greens, the afternoon sun began falling toward the west and the temperature began dropping as well. they held towns of western massachusetts, of which skinnerville was one, were known for the long winters, and the year 1874 had been no exception. it had snowed for days at the end of april, with heavy storms paralyzing the countryside, and they were still still on the ground in patches. at for the moment, and that some...
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Jan 31, 2013
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they went home to england for a year or so, they got married and typically came back. if you're going to have people who deal effectively in an area, you've got to think that way. you have to have, you have to put people in. everyone says lawrence of arabia. lawrence was this brilliant guy who went out and dealt with the arabs. there's different views of his effectiveness, but the point is he was an expert in the area before the war started. he spoke arabic, he knew what he was dealing with. and if you parachute somebody in from milwaukee who doesn't speak the language and is going to be there six months and brought themselves a pair of work panels and is going to punch their ticket and come back and be effective, not oftenment -- not often. so the idea that we're going to do this is going to take real dedication of people. you're going to have to create a cadre of civilians who are willing to do it, a cadre of people who are willing to accept risk because you can't protect even. and it can't -- the reason it's done so much by the military now is because we've skewed f
they went home to england for a year or so, they got married and typically came back. if you're going to have people who deal effectively in an area, you've got to think that way. you have to have, you have to put people in. everyone says lawrence of arabia. lawrence was this brilliant guy who went out and dealt with the arabs. there's different views of his effectiveness, but the point is he was an expert in the area before the war started. he spoke arabic, he knew what he was dealing with....
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Jan 23, 2013
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and then correctly when on to predict that england would save your by her example. will my right honorable friend be aware that i believe he is engaged in contradicting pit because his example today standard is passable chance of resting european union for both europe and britain? >> can i thank my honorable friend for what he says. he makes an important point, which is the agenda that britain has. is not an agenda of simply saying this is what britain wants and if we don't get it we will leave. it's an agenda that is good for the whole of the european union. we face a massive competitiveness challenge from the rising countries of the south and east. we have to accept the europe at the moment is a working probably. it's adding to this is cause, adding to regulation. we need to change that. >> order. statement of parliamentary under-secretary of state -- >> here on c-span2 we will be the british house of commons now as they move onto other legislative business. you have been watching prime minister's question time aired live wednesdays at 7 a.m. eastern while parliam
and then correctly when on to predict that england would save your by her example. will my right honorable friend be aware that i believe he is engaged in contradicting pit because his example today standard is passable chance of resting european union for both europe and britain? >> can i thank my honorable friend for what he says. he makes an important point, which is the agenda that britain has. is not an agenda of simply saying this is what britain wants and if we don't get it we will...
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Jan 3, 2013
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and this did not, of course, sit well with england or with massachusetts. by an act of british parliament, all of the copies of this book were set to be burned. luckily, not all of them were. this copy was not, and we're able to show that to people today. >> more from rhode island's state capitol as c-span's local content vehicles look behind the scenes at the history and hit area life of prove -- literary life of providence sunday at 5 on american history tv on c-span3. >> next, chandra manning, author of the book "what this cruel war was over." in it she uses the letters and diaries of civil war soldiers on both sides of the conflict to tell the story of that war. we talked to her about the book on the campus of georgetown university. >> host: on your screen is professor chandra manning who is the author of this book, "what this cruel war was over: soldiers, slavery and the civil war." professor manning, what was your approach to this book? >> guest: the first thing to say about approach is that you give me way too much credit when you say approach. the b
and this did not, of course, sit well with england or with massachusetts. by an act of british parliament, all of the copies of this book were set to be burned. luckily, not all of them were. this copy was not, and we're able to show that to people today. >> more from rhode island's state capitol as c-span's local content vehicles look behind the scenes at the history and hit area life of prove -- literary life of providence sunday at 5 on american history tv on c-span3. >> next,...
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Jan 10, 2013
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operation we have stringers in virtually every porting you know, counties in most places, cities in new england. we have hundreds of people in centers. with analysts looking at the data, however news network out t in the field. so we have a pretty good facility for seeing issues and problems and trends i guess you'd say. we do have sort of advice in that we are looking for things that will cause us problems more than it might interest other folks on the panel. we are interested in things particularly that might delay the count, specifically. or affect the count, the accuracy of the count. and we generally make a rule of expecting and preparing for the worst, which is not hearted as we were getting ready for this election because he had a redistricting year, number one. about 10 states i think in the run up to the election that were considered residential run ups, a narrow margin makes everyone nervous. some new laws regarding voter id, change some early voting period, shorter, longer and a couple of cases. a lot of new state and county election night reporting system, either websites or whateve
operation we have stringers in virtually every porting you know, counties in most places, cities in new england. we have hundreds of people in centers. with analysts looking at the data, however news network out t in the field. so we have a pretty good facility for seeing issues and problems and trends i guess you'd say. we do have sort of advice in that we are looking for things that will cause us problems more than it might interest other folks on the panel. we are interested in things...